Uranmarca District

Uranmarca Uranmarka
District
Country	Peru
Region	Apurímac
Province	Chincheros
Founded	November 19, 1985
Capital	Uranmarca
Government
• Mayor	Jorge Yepez Melendez
Area
• Total	148.73 km^2 (57.42 sq mi)
Elevation	3,100 m (10,200 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,258
• Density	22/km^2 (57/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	030607

Uranmarca District is one of the eight districts of the province Chincheros in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (86.77%) learnt to speak in childhood, 12.84% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

• Muyu Muyu
• Wisk'achayuq

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
2. inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

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